Ahhh, so simple. That DID work this time, thanks for all your help!

"Max" wrote:

Not sure, but perhaps try this ..

Assuming source in A1 down

Put in B1:
=IF(A1="","",
IF(ISNUMBER(A1),TEXT(A1,"@"),A1))

Copy B1 down
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"uncreative" wrote in message
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Hi,

That did not seem to work, unfortunately. Do you think I am having a
problem because I have both numeric and alphanumeric text? I want the
numeric cells to be treated as text, and in order to do that I need to
insert
apostrophes. However, perhaps also inserting the apostrophes in the
alphanumeric cells is causing them to be read with the apostrophe, and
therefore the entire column is not being read.